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FILED AS OF DATE:		20060301
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060301
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20060301

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDIA FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917100
		IRS NUMBER:				133749070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266
		FILM NUMBER:		06655860

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-800-8933

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDIA FUND INC /NY NEW
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940106
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TITLE       PRESIDENT

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                  (AS OF NOVEMBER 8, 2005)

                AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
                            OF

                     THE INDIA FUND, INC.
                    A Maryland Corporation

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1.    Principal Office in Maryland.  The India
Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation") shall have a principal office in
the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland.
SECTION 2.    Other Offices.  The Corporation may have
offices also at such other places within and without the State
of Maryland as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1.    Annual Meetings.  The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on a date not less
than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120)
days following the end of the Corporation's fiscal year fixed
from time to time by the Board of Directors.  An annual meeting
may be held at any place in or out of the State of Maryland and
at any time, each as may be determined by the Board of Directors
and designated in the notice of the meeting.  Any business of
the Corporation may be transacted at an annual meeting without
the purposes having been specified in the notice unless
otherwise provided by statute, the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation, as amended from time to time (the "Charter"), or
these By-Laws.
SECTION 2.   Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the
stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise
prescribed by statute or by the Corporation's Charter, may be
held at any place within the United States, and may be called at
any time by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman or the
President, and, subject to procedures set forth in Section 4 and
this Section, shall be called by the Secretary (or in his
absence, an Assistant Secretary) at the request in writing of
stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast at the meeting upon payment by such
stockholders to the Corporation of the reasonably estimated cost
of preparing and mailing a notice of the meeting (which
estimated cost shall be provided to such stockholders by the
Secretary of the Corporation).  A written request shall state
the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
SECTION 3.    Notice of Meetings.  Written or printed
notice of the purpose or purposes and of the time and place of
every meeting of the stockholders shall be given by the
Secretary of the Corporation to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at or to notice of the meeting, by placing the
notice in the mail at least ten (10) days, but not more than
ninety (90) days, prior to the date designated for the meeting
addressed to each stockholder at his address appearing on the
books of the Corporation or supplied by the stockholder to the
Corporation for the purpose of notice.  Notice of any meeting of
stockholders shall be deemed waived by any stockholder who
attends the meeting in person or by proxy, or who before or
after the meeting submits a signed waiver of notice that is
filed with the records of the meeting.
SECTION 4.    Notice of Stockholder Business.
(a)     At any annual or special meeting of the
stockholders, only such business shall be conducted, including,
but not limited to, nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors, as shall have been properly brought before
the meeting.  To be properly brought before an annual meeting,
the business must be (i) (A) specified in the notice of meeting
(or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof),
(B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized
committee thereof), or (C) otherwise properly brought before the
meeting by a stockholder of the Corporation (1) who was a
stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for
in Section 4(b) below and on the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting,
(2) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) who complied
with the notice(s) procedures set forth in Section 4(b) below,
and (ii) a proper subject under applicable law for stockholder
action.  To be properly brought before a special meeting, the
business must be (i) (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or
any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors, (B) otherwise properly brought before the
meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (C)
otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder
of the Corporation (1) who was a stockholder of record at the
time of giving notice provided for in Section 4(b) below and on
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled
to vote at such meeting, (2) who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and (3) who complied with the notice(s) procedures set
forth in Section 4(b) below, and (ii) a proper subject under
applicable law for stockholder action.
(b)    For any stockholder proposal to be presented in
connection with an annual or special meeting of stockholders of
the Corporation (other than proposals made under Rule 14a-8 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act")), including any proposal relating to the nomination of a
director to be elected to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation as
provided in this Section 4.  To be timely, a stockholder's
notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of an
annual meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one
hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the
event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more
than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than sixty (60) days
from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be
timely must be so delivered not earlier than the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later
than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th)
day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the
day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is
first made; and (b) in the case of a special meeting of
stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not
later than the close of business on the tenth day following the
day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was
mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting
was made, whichever first occurs.  Such stockholder's notice
shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director
all information relating to such person that is required to be
disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors,
or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation
14A under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (including such person's written consent
to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected); (b) as to any other business
that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a
brief description of the business desired to be brought before
the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the
meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the
notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
nomination or proposal is made, (i) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's books, and of
such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of
stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of
record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a
description of all arrangements or understanding between such
stockholder and each proposed nominee or any other person or
persons (including their names) pursuant to which the
nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a
representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person
or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its
notice and (v) any other information relating to such
stockholder that would be required to be made in connection with
solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything in the By-Laws to the
contrary, no business shall be conducted at any stockholder
meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 4 and no person shall be eligible for election as a
director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Section 4.  The Chairman of the
stockholder meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and
declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought
before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 4, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to
the meeting that any such business not properly brought before
the meeting shall not be considered or transacted.  No
adjournment or postponement of a meeting of stockholders shall
commence a new period for the giving of notice of a stockholder
proposal hereunder.
SECTION 5.   Quorum; Voting.  Except as otherwise provided
by statute or by the Corporation's Charter, the presence in
person or by proxy of stockholders of the Corporation entitled
to cast at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast
shall constitute a quorum at each meeting of the stockholders.
A majority of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is
present is sufficient to approve any matter which properly comes
before the meeting, except that a plurality of the votes cast at
a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to
elect directors.  In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders
present in person or by proxy at the meeting, by majority vote
and without notice other than by announcement at the meeting,
may adjourn the meeting from time to time as provided in this
Section 5 until a quorum shall attend.  The stockholders present
at any duly organized meeting may continue to do business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 6.   Adjournment.  Any meeting of the stockholders
may be adjourned from time to time, without notice other than by
announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.
At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present any
action may be taken that could have been taken at the meeting
originally called.  A meeting of the stockholders may not be
adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days
after the original record date.
SECTION 7.   Organization.  At every meeting of the
stockholders, the Chairman of the Board, or in his absence or
inability to act, the President, or in his absence or inability
to act, a Vice President, or in the absence or inability to act
of all the Vice Presidents, a chairman chosen by the
stockholders, shall act as chairman of the meeting.  The
Secretary, or in his or her absence or inability to act, a
person appointed by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as
secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes of the meeting.
SECTION 8.   Order of Business.  The order of business at
all meetings of the stockholders shall be as determined by the
chairman of the meeting.
SECTION 9.   Proxies.  A stockholder may vote the stock he
owns of record either in person or by written proxy signed by
the stockholder or by his duly authorized agent.  Stockholders
may authorize others to act as proxies by means of facsimile
signatures, electronic transmissions, internet transmissions,
telegrams, datagrams, proxygrams and other reasonable means
authorized or accepted by the Corporation, subject to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation that the stockholder
has authorized the creation of the proxy.  No proxy shall be
valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date
thereof, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.  Every proxy
shall be revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing
it, except in those cases in which the proxy states that it is
irrevocable and in which an irrevocable proxy is permitted by law.
SECTION 10.   Fixing of Record Date for Determining
Stockholders Entitled to Vote at Meeting.  The Board of
Directors shall set a record date for the purpose of determining
stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the
stockholders.  The record date for a particular meeting shall be
not more than ninety (90) nor fewer than ten (10) days before
the date of the meeting.  All persons who were holders of record
of shares as of the record date of a meeting, and no others,
shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting and
any adjournment thereof.
SECTION 11.   Inspectors.  The Board of Directors may, in
advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one (1) or more
inspectors to act at the meeting or at any adjournment of the
meeting.  If the inspectors shall not be so appointed or if any
of them shall fail to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting
may appoint inspectors.  Each inspector, before entering upon
the discharge of his duties, shall, if required by the chairman
of the meeting, take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the
duties of inspector at the meeting with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his ability.  The inspectors, if
appointed, shall determine the number of shares outstanding and
the voting power of each share, the number of shares represented
at the meeting, the existence of a quorum and the validity and
effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents,
hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in
connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes,
ballots or consents, determine the result, and do those acts as
are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all
stockholders.  On request of the chairman of the meeting or any
stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting, the inspectors
shall make a report in writing of any challenge, request or
matter determined by them and shall execute a certificate of any
fact found by them.  No director or candidate for the office of
director shall act as inspector of an election of directors.
Inspectors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.
SECTION 12.   Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting.
Except as otherwise provided by statute or the Corporation's
Charter, any action required or permitted to be taken at any
annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a
meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if the
following are filed with the records of stockholders' meetings:
(a) a unanimous written consent that sets forth the action and
is signed by each stockholder entitled to vote on the matter and
(b) a written waiver of any right to dissent signed by each
stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting but not entitled
to vote at the meeting.
ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1.   General Powers.  Except as otherwise provided
in the Corporation's Charter, the business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of
Directors.  All powers of the Corporation may be exercised by or
under authority of the Board of Directors except as conferred on
or reserved to the stockholders by law, by the Corporation's
Charter or by these By-Laws.
SECTION 2.   Number, Election and Term of Directors.  The
number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors
(which initially was fixed at one (1) Corporation's Charter) may
be changed from time to time by a majority of the entire Board
of Directors; provided, however, that the number of directors
shall in no event be fewer than that required by law, nor more
than twelve (12).  Beginning with the first annual meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation and if at such time, the number
of directors shall be three (3) or more, (the "First Annual
Meeting"), the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be
divided into three classes:  Class I, Class II and Class III.
At the First Annual Meeting, directors of Class I shall be
elected to the Board of Directors for a term expiring at the
next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, directors of
Class II shall be elected to the Board of Directors for a term
expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting of stockholders
and directors of Class III shall be elected to the Board of
Directors for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual
meeting of stockholders.  At each subsequent annual meeting of
stockholders, the directors chosen to succeed those whose terms
are expiring shall be identified as being of the same class as
the directors whom they succeed and shall be elected for a term
expiring at the time of the third succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders subsequent to their election.  The directors shall
be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as
provided in Section 5 of this Article III, and each director
elected shall hold office for the term provided above and until
his successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified,
or until his death, or until he shall have resigned or have been
removed as provided in these By-Laws, or as otherwise provided
by statute or the Corporation's Charter.  Any vacancy created by
an increase in directors may be filled in accordance with
Section 5 of this Article III.  No reduction in the number of
directors shall have the effect of removing any director from
office prior to the expiration of his term unless the director
is specifically removed pursuant to Section 4 of this Article
III at the time of the decrease.
SECTION 3.   Chairman of the Board of Directors.  The
Board of Directors may elect a Director as a Chairman of the
Board.  The Chairman, if one is elected, or his or her delegate,
shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of
the stockholders at which he or she is present.  The Chairman
shall perform such duties and have such powers as are assigned
by the Board of Directors.  The Chairman shall not be an officer
of the Corporation for any purposes.  The Chairman shall have no
greater liability as a result of serving as Chairman.
SECTION 4.   Resignation.  A director of the Corporation
may resign at any time by giving written notice of his
resignation to the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the
Board or the President or the Secretary of the Corporation.  Any
resignation shall take effect at the time specified in it or,
should the time when it is to become effective not be specified
in it, immediately upon its receipt.  Acceptance of a
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless
the resignation states otherwise.
SECTION 5.   Removal of Directors.  A director of the
Corporation may be removed from office only for cause and then
only by vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent
(75%) of the votes entitled to be cast for the election of
directors.
SECTION 6.   Vacancies.  Subject to the provisions of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), any vacancies
in the Board of Directors, whether arising from death,
resignation, removal or any other cause except an increase in
the number of directors, shall be filled by a vote of the
majority of the remaining Directors whether or not sufficient to
constitute a quorum.  A majority of the entire Board may fill a
vacancy that results from an increase in the number of
directors.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the stockholders
of any class of the Corporation's capital stock are entitled
separately to elect one or more directors, a majority of the
remaining directors elected by that class or the sole remaining
director elected by that class may fill any vacancy among the
number of directors elected by that class.  Any director
appointed by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy shall hold
office only until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation and until a successor has been elected and
qualifies.  Any director elected by the stockholders to fill a
vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the term of the
director he replaced.
SECTION 7.   Place of Meetings.  Meetings of the Board may
be held at any place that the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine or that is specified in the notice of the meeting.
SECTION 8.   Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the
Board of Directors may be held without notice at the time and
place determined by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9.   Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the
Board of Directors may be called by two (2) or more directors of
the Corporation or by the Chairman of the Board or the President.
SECTION 10.   Annual Meeting.  The annual meeting of the
newly elected and other directors shall be the first meeting
after the meeting of the stockholders at which the newly elected
directors were elected.  No notice of such annual meeting shall
be necessary if such meeting is held immediately after the
adjournment, and at the site, of the meeting of stockholders.
If not so held, notice shall be given as hereinafter provided
for special meetings of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 11.   Notice of Special Meetings.  Notice of each
special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the
Secretary as hereinafter provided.  Each notice shall state the
time and place of the meeting and shall be delivered to each
director, either personally or by telephone or other standard
form of telecommunication, at least twenty-four (24) hours
before the time at which the meeting is to be held, or by first-
class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the director at his
residence or usual place of business, and mailed at least three
(3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held.
SECTION 12.   Waiver of Notice of Meetings.  Notice of any
special meeting need not be given to any director who shall,
either before or after the meeting, sign a written waiver of
notice that is filed with the records of the meeting or who
shall attend the meeting.
SECTION 13.   Quorum and Voting.  A majority of the entire
Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, and except as otherwise expressly required by
statute, the Corporation's Charter or these By-Laws, the act of
a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.
SECTION 14.   Organization.  The Chairman of the Board
shall preside at each meeting of the Board.  In the absence or
inability of the Chairman of the Board to act, the President (if
he is a director), or, in his absence or inability to act,
another director chosen by a majority of the directors present,
shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside at the meeting.
The Secretary (or, in his or her absence or inability to act,
any person appointed by the chairman) shall act as secretary of
the meeting and keep the minutes of the meeting.
SECTION 15.   Committees.  The Board of Directors may
designate one (1) or more committees of the Board of Directors,
including an executive committee, each consisting of one (1) or
more directors.  To the extent provided in the resolutions
adopted by the Board of Directors, and permitted by law, the
committee or committees shall have and may exercise the powers
of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation.  Any committee or committees shall
have the name or names determined from time to time by
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  Each committee
shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and provide those
minutes to the Board of Directors when required.  The members of
a committee present at any meeting, whether or not they
constitute a quorum, may appoint a director to act in the place
of an absent member.
SECTION 16.   Written Consent of Directors in Lieu of a
Meeting.  Subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act, any action
required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or of any committee of the Board may be taken without
a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case
may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings
are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.
SECTION 17.   Telephone Conference.  Members of the Board
of Directors or any committee of the Board may participate in
any Board or committee meeting by means of a conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which
all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at
the same time.  Participation by such means shall constitute
presence in person at the meeting, provided, however, that such
participation shall not constitute presence in person with
respect to matters which the 1940 Act, and the rules thereunder
require the approval of directors by vote cast in person at a meeting.
SECTION 18.   Compensation.  Each director shall be
entitled to receive compensation, if any, as may from time to
time be fixed by the Board of Directors, including a fee for
each meeting of the Board or any committee thereof, regular or
special, he attends.  Directors may also be reimbursed by the
Corporation for all reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to
and from the place of a Board or committee meeting.
ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1.   Number and Qualifications.  The officers of
the Corporation shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer,
and an Assistant Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the
Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may elect or appoint
one (1) or more Vice Presidents and may also appoint any other
officers, assistant officers, agents and employees it deems
necessary or proper.  Any two (2) or more offices may be held by
the same person, except the offices of President and Vice
President, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify
in more than one (1) capacity any instrument required by law to
be executed, acknowledged or verified by more than one officer.
Officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors each year at
its first meeting held after the annual meeting of stockholders,
each to hold office until the meeting of the Board following the
next annual meeting of the stockholders and until his successor
shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until
his death, or until he shall have resigned or have been removed,
as provided in these By-Laws.  The Board of Directors may from
time to time elect such officers (including one or more
Assistant Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Treasurers and
one or more Assistant Secretaries) and may appoint, or delegate
to the President the power to appoint, such agents as may be
necessary or desirable for the business of the Corporation.
Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall
hold their offices for such terms as may be prescribed by the
Board or by the appointing authority.
SECTION 2.    Resignations.  Any officer of the
Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice of
his resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, the President or the Secretary.  Any resignation shall
take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time when
it shall become effective is not specified therein, immediately
upon its receipt.  The acceptance of a resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the
resignation.
SECTION 3.   Removal of Officer, Agent or Employee.  Any
officer, agent or employee of the Corporation may be removed by
the Board of Directors with or without cause at any time, and
the Board may delegate the power of removal as to agents and
employees not elected or appointed by the Board of Directors.
Removal shall be without prejudice to the person's contract
rights, if any, but the appointment of any person as an officer,
agent or employee of the Corporation shall not of itself create
contract rights.
SECTION 4.   Vacancies.  A vacancy in any office, whether
arising from death, resignation, removal or any other cause, may
be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of the office
that shall be vacant, in the manner prescribed in these By-Laws
for the regular election or appointment to the office.
SECTION 5.   Compensation.  The compensation of the
officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors, but this power may be delegated to any officer with
respect to other officers under his control.
SECTION 6.   Bonds or Other Security.  If required by the
Board, any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall
give a bond or other security for the faithful performance of
his duties, in an amount and with any surety or sureties as the
Board may require.
SECTION 7.   President.  The President shall be the chief
executive officer of the Corporation and principle executive
officer for purposes of filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  The President shall, in the absence of the Chairman
of the Board of Directors, preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and directors.  He shall sign and execute all
instruments required to be signed and executed by the President
of the Corporation.  He shall also have such other duties and
responsibilities as shall be assigned to him by the Chairman or
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8.   Vice President.  Each Vice President shall
have the powers and perform the duties that the Board of
Directors or the Chairman of the Board may from time to time
prescribe.
SECTION 9.   Treasurer.  Subject to the provisions of any
contract that may be entered into with any custodian pursuant to
authority granted by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall
have charge of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation
and shall have or provide for the custody of the Corporation's
funds and securities; he shall have full authority to receive
and give receipts for all money due and payable to the
Corporation, and to endorse checks, drafts, and warrants, in its
name and on its behalf and to give full discharge for the same;
he shall deposit all funds of the Corporation, except those that
may be required for current use, in such banks or other places
of deposit as the Board of Directors may from time to time
designate; and, in general, he shall perform all duties incident
to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as may from
time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the
Chairman of the Board.
SECTION 10.   Assistant Treasurers.  The Assistant
Treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise
determined by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of
Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.
They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the Chairman or the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe.
SECTION 11.   Secretary.  The Secretary shall:
(a)    keep or cause to be kept in one or more books
provided for the purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the
Board of Directors, the committees of the Board and the
stockholders;
(b)    see that all notices are duly given in accordance
with the provisions of these By-Laws and as required by law;
(c)    be custodian of the records and the seal of the
Corporation and affix and attest the seal to all stock
certificates of the Corporation (unless the seal of the
Corporation on such certificates shall be a facsimile, as
hereinafter provided) and affix and attest the seal to all other
documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its
seal;
(d)    see that the books, reports, statements,
certificates and other documents and records required by law to
be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and
(e)    in general, perform all the duties incident to the
office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the Chairman
of the Board.
SECTION 12.   Assistant Secretaries.  The Assistant
Secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise
determined by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of
Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.
They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the President or the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe.
SECTION 13.   Delegation of Duties.  In case of the
absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other
reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the
Board may confer for the time being the powers or duties, or any
of them, of such officer upon any other officer or upon any
director.
ARTICLE V

STOCK
SECTION 1.   Stock Certificates.  Unless otherwise
provided by the Board of Directors and permitted by law, each
holder of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled upon
specific written request to such person as may be designated by
the Corporation to have a certificate or certificates, in a form
approved by the Board, representing the number of shares of
stock of the Corporation owned by him; provided, however, that
certificates for fractional shares will not be delivered in any
case.  The certificates representing shares of stock shall be
signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice President and by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer and may be sealed with the seal of the
Corporation.  Any or all of the signatures or the seal on the
certificate may be facsimiles.  In case any officer, transfer
agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature
has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer, transfer agent or registrar before the certificate is
issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect
as if the officer, transfer agent or registrar was still in
office at the date of issue.
SECTION 2.   Stock Ledger.  There shall be maintained a
stock ledger containing the name and address of each stockholder
and the number of shares of stock of each class the shareholder
holds.  The stock ledger may be in written form or any other
form which can be converted within a reasonable time into
written form for visual inspection.  The original or a duplicate
of the stock ledger shall be kept at the principal office of the
Corporation or at any other office or agency specified by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 3.   Transfers of Shares.  Transfers of shares of
stock of the Corporation shall be made on the stock records of
the Corporation only by the registered holder of the shares, or
by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary or with a transfer agent
or transfer clerk, and on surrender of the certificate or
certificates, if issued, for the shares properly endorsed or
accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power and the
payment of all taxes thereon.  Except as otherwise provided by
law, the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the
exclusive right of a person in whose name any share or shares
stand on the record of stockholders as the owner of the share or
shares for all purposes, including, without limitation, the
rights to receive dividends or other distributions and to vote
as the owner, and the Corporation shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in any
such share or shares on the part of any other person.
SECTION 4.   Regulations.  The Board of Directors may
authorize the issuance of uncertificated securities if permitted
by law.  If stock certificates are issued, the Board of
Directors may make any additional rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with these By-Laws, as it may deem expedient
concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates
for shares of stock of the Corporation.  The Board may appoint,
or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more
transfer agents or one or more transfer clerks and one or more
registrars and may require all certificates for shares of stock
to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
SECTION 5.   Lost, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates.
The holder of any certificate representing shares of stock of
the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of its
loss, destruction or mutilation and the Corporation may issue a
new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate issued
by it that has been alleged to have been lost or destroyed or
that shall have been mutilated.  The Board may, in its
discretion, require the owner (or his legal representative) of a
lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate to give to the
Corporation a bond in a sum, limited or unlimited, and in a form
and with any surety or sureties, as the Board in its absolute
discretion shall determine, to indemnify the Corporation against
any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged
loss or destruction of any such certificate, or issuance of a
new certificate.  Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Board of Directors, in its absolute
discretion, may refuse to issue any such new certificate, except
pursuant to legal proceedings under the laws of the State of
Maryland.
SECTION 6.   Fixing of Record Date for Dividends,
Distributions, etc.  The Board may fix, in advance, a date not
more than ninety (90) days preceding the date fixed for the
payment of any dividend or the making of any distribution or the
allotment of rights to subscribe for securities of the
Corporation, or for the delivery of evidences of rights or
evidences of interests arising out of any change, conversion or
exchange of common stock or other securities, as the record date
for the determination of the stockholders entitled to receive
any such dividend, distribution, allotment, rights or interests,
and in such case only the stockholders of record at the time so
fixed shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution,
allotment, rights or interests.
ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
SECTION 1.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is a
current or former director or officer of the Corporation, or is
or was serving while a director or officer of the Corporation at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or employee
benefit plan, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against
judgments, penalties, fines, excise taxes, settlements and
reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding to the full extent permissible under the Maryland
General Corporation Law, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), and the 1940 Act, as those statutes are now or
hereafter in force, except that such indemnity shall not protect
any such person against any liability to the Corporation or any
stockholder thereof to which such person would otherwise be
subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the
conduct of his office ("disabling conduct").  Any repeal or
modification of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act or these By-Laws
shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification
hereunder except as required by law.
SECTION 2.   Advances.  Any current or former director or
officer of the Corporation claiming indemnification within the
scope of this Article VI shall be entitled to advances from the
Corporation for payment of the reasonable expenses incurred by
him in connection with proceedings to which he is a party in the
manner and to the full extent permissible under the Maryland
General Corporation Law, the 1933 Act, and the 1940 Act, as
those statutes are now or hereafter in force; provided, however,
that the person seeking indemnification shall provide to the
Corporation a written affirmation of his good faith belief that
the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the
Corporation has been met and a written undertaking to repay any
such advance, if it should ultimately be determined that the
standard of conduct has not been met, and provided further that
at least one of the following additional conditions is met:  (a)
the person seeking indemnification shall provide a security in
form and amount acceptable to the Corporation for his
undertaking; (b) the Corporation is insured against losses
arising by reason of the advance; or (c) a majority of a quorum
of directors of the Corporation who are neither "interested
persons" as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, nor
parties to the proceeding ("disinterested non-party directors"),
or independent legal counsel, in a written opinion, shall
determine, based on a review of facts readily available to the
Corporation at the time the advance is proposed to be made, that
there is reason to believe that the person seeking
indemnification will ultimately be found to be entitled to
indemnification.
SECTION 3.    Procedure.  At the request of any current or
former director or officer, or any employee or agent whom the
Corporation proposes to indemnify, the Board of Directors shall
determine, or cause to be determined, in a manner consistent
with the Maryland General Corporation Law, the 1933 Act, and the
1940 Act, as those statutes are now or hereafter in force,
whether the standards required by this Article VI have been met;
provided, however, that indemnification shall be made only
following:  (a) a final decision on the merits by a court or
other body before whom the proceeding was brought, finding that
the person to be indemnified was not liable by reason of
disabling conduct or (b) in the absence of such a decision, a
reasonable determination, based upon a review of the facts, that
the person to be indemnified was not liable by reason of
disabling conduct, by (i) the vote of a majority of a quorum of
disinterested non-party directors or (ii) an independent legal
counsel in a written opinion.
SECTION 4.   Indemnification of Employees and Agents.
Employees and agents who are not officers or directors of the
Corporation may be indemnified, and reasonable expenses may be
advanced to such employees or agents, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Article VI to the extent
permissible under the Maryland General Corporation Law, the 1933
Act, and the 1940 Act, as those statutes are now or hereafter in
force, and to such further extent, consistent with the
foregoing, as may be provided by action of the Board of
Directors or by contract.
SECTION 5.   Other Rights.  The indemnification provided
by this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
right, with respect to indemnification or otherwise, to which
those seeking such indemnification may be entitled under any
insurance or other agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action by a
director or officer of the Corporation in his official capacity
and as to action by such person in another capacity while
holding such office or position, and shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person.
SECTION 6.   Insurance.  The Corporation shall have the
power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee,
employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or employee
benefit plan, against any liability asserted against and
incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, provided that no insurance may be obtained by
the Corporation for liabilities against which it would not have
the power to indemnify him under this Article VI or applicable
law.
ARTICLE VII

SEAL
The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form
and shall bear the name of the Corporation, the year of its
incorporation, the words "Corporate Seal" and "Maryland" and any
emblem or device approved by the Board of Directors.  The seal
may be used by causing it or a facsimile to be impressed or
affixed or in any other manner reproduced.  In lieu of affixing
the seal, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any
law, rule or regulation relating to a corporate seal to place
the word "(seal)" adjacent to the signature of the person
authorized to sign the document on behalf of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws may be amended by the Board of
Directors, subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act;
provided, however, that no amendment of these By-Laws shall
affect any right of any person under Article VI hereof based on
any event, omission or proceeding prior to the amendment.  These
By-Laws may not be amended by the stockholders of the
Corporation.



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                   INTERIM MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

Interim Management Agreement effective as of December 4, 2005,
between The India Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(herein referred to as the "Fund"), and Blackstone Asia Advisors
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (herein referred to
as the "Investment Manager") (this "Agreement").
1. Appointment of Investment Manager.  The Investment
Manager hereby undertakes and agrees, upon the terms and
conditions herein set forth, to provide overall investment
management services for the Fund and in connection therewith to:
(i) supervise the Fund's investment program, including advising
and consulting with the Fund's Board of Directors regarding the
Fund's overall investment strategy; (ii) make, in consultation
with the Fund's Board of Directors, investment strategy
decisions for the Fund; (iii) manage the investing and
reinvesting of the Fund's assets; (iv) place purchase and sale
orders on behalf of the Fund; (v) advise the Fund with respect
to all matters relating to the Fund's use of leveraging
techniques; (vi) provide or procure the provision of research
and statistical data to the Fund in relation to investing and
other matters within the scope of the investment objective and
limitations of the Fund; (vii) monitor the performance of the
Fund's outside service providers, including the Fund's
administrator, transfer agent and custodian; (viii) be
responsible for compliance by the Fund with U.S. federal, state
and other applicable laws and regulations; and (ix) pay the
salaries, fees and expenses of such of the Fund's directors,
officers or employees who are directors, officers or employees
of the Investment Manager or any of its affiliates, except that
the Fund will bear travel expenses or an appropriate portion
thereof of directors and officers of the Fund who are directors,
officers or employees of the Investment Manager to the extent
that such expenses relate to attendance at meetings of the Board
of Directors or any committees thereof.  The Investment Manager
may delegate any of the foregoing responsibilities to a third
party with the consent of the Fund.

2. Expenses.  In connection herewith, the Investment
Manager agrees to maintain a staff within its organization to
furnish the above services to the Fund.  The Investment Manager
shall bear all expenses arising out of its duties hereunder.

Except as provided in Section 1 hereof, the Fund shall
be responsible for all of the Fund's expenses and liabilities,
including organizational and offering expenses (which include
out-of-pocket expenses, but not overhead or employee costs of
the Investment Manager); expenses for legal, accounting and
auditing services; taxes and governmental fees; dues and
expenses incurred in connection with membership in investment
company organizations; fees and expenses incurred in connection
with listing the Fund's shares on any stock exchange; costs of
printing and distributing shareholder reports, proxy materials,
prospectuses, stock certificates and distribution of dividends;
charges of the Fund's custodians and sub-custodians,
administrators and sub-administrators, registrars, transfer
agents, dividend disbursing agents and dividend reinvestment
plan agents; payment for portfolio pricing services to a pricing
agent, if any; registration and filing fees of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); expenses of
registering or qualifying securities of the Fund for sale in the
various states; freight and other charges in connection with the
shipment of the Fund's portfolio securities; fees and expenses
of non-interested directors or non-interested members of any
advisory or investment board, committee or panel of the Fund;
travel expenses or an appropriate portion thereof of directors
and officers of the Fund, or members of any advisory or
investment board, committee or panel of the Fund, to the extent
that such expenses relate to attendance at meetings of the Board
of Directors or any committee thereof, or of any such advisory
or investment board, committee or panel; salaries of shareholder
relations personnel; costs of shareholders meetings; insurance;
interest; brokerage costs; and litigation and other
extraordinary or non-recurring expenses.
3. Transactions with Affiliates.  The Investment
Manager is authorized on behalf of the Fund, from time to time
when deemed to be in the best interests of the Fund and to the
extent permitted by applicable law, to purchase and/or sell
securities in which the Investment Manager or any of its
affiliates underwrites, deals in and/or makes a market and/or
may perform or seek to perform investment banking services for
issuers of such securities.  The Investment Manager is further
authorized, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to select
brokers (including any brokers affiliated with the Investment
Manager) for the execution of trades for the Fund.

4. Best Execution; Research Services.  The Investment
Manager is authorized, for the purchase and sale of the Fund's
portfolio securities, to employ such dealers and brokers as may,
in the judgment of the Investment Manager, implement the policy
of the Fund to obtain the best results, taking into account such
factors as price, including dealer spread, the size, type and
difficulty of the transaction involved, the firm's general
execution and operational facilities and the firm's risk in
positioning the securities involved.  Consistent with this
policy, the Investment Manager is authorized to direct the
execution of the Fund's portfolio transactions to dealers and
brokers furnishing statistical information or research deemed by
the Investment Manager to be useful or valuable to the
performance of its investment advisory functions for the Fund.
It is understood that in these circumstances, as contemplated by
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the commissions paid may be higher than those which the
Fund might otherwise have paid to another broker if those
services had not been provided.  Information so received will be
in addition to and not in lieu of the services required to be
performed by the Investment Manager.  It is understood that the
expenses of the Investment Manager will not necessarily be
reduced as a result of the receipt of such information or
research.  Research services furnished to the Investment Manager
by brokers who effect securities transactions for the Fund may
be used by the Investment Manager in servicing other investment
companies and accounts which it manages.  Similarly, research
services furnished to the Investment Manager by brokers who
effect securities transactions for other investment companies
and accounts which the Investment Manager manages may be used by
the Investment Manager in servicing the Fund.  It is understood
that not all of these research services are used by the
Investment Manager in managing any particular account, including
the Fund.

5. Remuneration.  In consideration of the services to
be rendered by the Investment Manager under this Agreement, the
Fund shall pay the Investment Manager a monthly fee in United
States dollars on the fifth business day of each month for the
previous month at an annual rate of: (i) 1.10% of the Fund's
average weekly net assets for the first $500,000,000 of the
Fund's average weekly net assets; (ii) 0.90% of the Fund's
average weekly net assets for the next $500,000,000 of the
Fund's average weekly net assets; (iii) 0.85% of the Fund's
average weekly net assets for the next $500,000,000 of the
Fund's average weekly net assets; and (iv) 0.75% of the Fund's
average weekly net assets in excess of $1,500,000,000 of the
Fund's average weekly net assets.  If the fee payable to the
Investment Manager pursuant to this Section 5 begins to accrue
before the end of any month or if this Agreement terminates
before the end of any month, the fee for the period from such
date to the end of such month or from the beginning of such
month to the date of termination, as the case may be, shall be
prorated according to the proportion which such period bears to
the full month in which such effectiveness or termination
occurs.  For purposes of calculating each such monthly fee, the
value of the Fund's net assets shall be computed at the time and
in the manner specified in the Registration Statement on Form N-
2, as in effect from time to time, filed with the Commission
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act"), and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

6. Representations and Warranties.  The Investment
Manager represents and warrants that it is duly registered and
authorized as an investment adviser under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the Investment Manager
agrees to maintain effective all requisite registrations,
authorizations and licenses, as the case may be, until the
termination of this Agreement.

7. Services Not Deemed Exclusive.  The services
provided hereunder by the Investment Manager are not to be
deemed exclusive, and the Investment Manager and any of its
affiliates or related persons are free to render similar
services to others and to use the research developed in
connection with this Agreement for other clients or affiliates.
Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Investment
Manager an agent of the Fund.

8. Limit of Liability.  The Investment Manager shall
exercise its best judgment in rendering the services in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The Investment
Manager shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake
of law or for any act or omission or any loss suffered by the
Fund in connection with the matters to which this Agreement
relates, provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect
or purport to protect the Investment Manager against any
liability to the Fund or its shareholders to which the
Investment Manager would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on its part
in the performance of its duties or from reckless disregard by
it of its obligations and duties under this Agreement
("disabling conduct").  The Fund will indemnify the Investment
Manager against, and hold it harmless from, any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (including reasonable
counsel fees and expenses), including any amounts paid in
satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines or
penalties, not resulting from disabling conduct by the
Investment Manager.  Indemnification shall be made only
following: (i) a final decision on the merits by a court or
other body before which the proceeding was brought that the
Investment Manager was not liable by reason of disabling conduct
or (ii) in the absence of such a decision, a reasonable
determination, based upon a review of the facts, that the
Investment Manager was not liable by reason of disabling conduct
by (a) the vote of a majority of a quorum of directors of the
Fund who are neither "interested persons" of the Fund nor
parties to the proceeding ("disinterested non-party directors")
or (b) an independent legal counsel in a written opinion.  The
Investment Manager shall be entitled to advances from the Fund
for payment of the reasonable expenses (including reasonable
counsel fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the
matter as to which it is seeking indemnification in the manner
and to the fullest extent permissible under law.  Prior to any
such advance, the Investment Manager shall provide to the Fund a
written affirmation of its good faith belief that the standard
of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Fund has been
met and a written undertaking to repay any such advance if it
should ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has
not been met.  In addition, at least one of the following
additional conditions shall be met:  (a) the Investment Manager
shall provide a security in form and amount acceptable to the
Fund for its undertaking; (b) the Fund is insured against losses
arising by reason of the advance; or (c) a majority of a quorum
of disinterested non-party directors or independent legal
counsel, in a written opinion, shall have determined, based on a
review of facts readily available to the Fund at the time the
advance is proposed to be made, that there is reason to believe
that the Investment Manager will ultimately be found to be
entitled to indemnification.

9. Duration and Termination.  This Agreement shall
become effective on December 4, 2005 and shall remain in effect
until the earlier of 150 days or the approval of a management
agreement by stockholders of the Fund, and shall terminate
automatically on that date.  Notwithstanding the above, this
Agreement (a) may nevertheless be terminated at any time,
without penalty, by the Fund's Board of Directors, by vote of
the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
(as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or by the Investment
Manager, upon 60 days' written notice delivered to each party
hereto, and (b) shall automatically be terminated in the event
of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).  Any such notice
shall be deemed given when received by the addressee.

10. Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed,
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, provided, however, that nothing herein shall
be construed as being inconsistent with the 1940 Act.

11. Notices.  Any notice hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be delivered in person or by telex or facsimile
(followed by delivery in person) to the parties at the addresses
set forth below.

If to the Fund:

The India Fund, Inc.
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
Attn:	Robert L. Friedman

If to the Investment Manager:

Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
Attn:

with a copy to:

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
555 13th Street, N.W.
Suite 1100E
Washington, D.C.  20004
Attn:  Kenneth J. Berman

or to such other address as to which the recipient shall have
informed the other party in writing.

Unless specifically provided elsewhere, notice given
as provided above shall be deemed to have been given, if by
personal delivery, on the day of such delivery, and, if by
facsimile and mail, on the date on which such facsimile or mail
is sent.
12. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto caused their
duly authorized signatories to execute this Agreement as of the
day and year first written above.

THE INDIA FUND, INC.
By:	/s/ Robert L. Friedman
   	Name:	Robert L. Friedman
   	Title:	Vice President


BLACKSTONE ASIA ADVISORS L.L.C.
By:	/s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman
   	Name:	Stephen A. Schwarzman
   	Title:	Founding Member


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                                                         EXECUTION COPY

                  INTERIM COUNTRY ADVISORY AGREEMENT

                   Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.
                          345 Park Avenue
                     New York, New York 10154

Blackstone Fund Services India Private Limited
Taj President - Mumbai
Room No. 802
90, Cuffe Parade
Mumbai - 400 005
India

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This will confirm that the agreement among the
undersigned (the "Investment Manager") and you (the "Country
Adviser") is as follows:
1.	The Investment Manager has been employed pursuant
to an interim management agreement effective as of December 4,
2005, between an investment company (the "Company") registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
and the Investment Manager (the "Management Agreement").  The Company
engages in the business of investing and reinvesting
its assets in the manner and in accordance with the investment
objective and limitations specified in the Company's articles of
incorporation, as amended from time to time in the registration
statement on Form N-2, as in effect from time to time, and in
such manner and to such extent as may from time to time be
authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.  Copies of
the documents referred to in the preceding sentence have been
furnished to the Country Adviser.  Any amendments to these
documents shall be furnished to the Country Adviser.
2.	Subject to the approval by the Company, the
Investment Manager engages the Country Adviser on an independent
contractor relationship basis to: (a) provide and procure
statistical and factual information and research regarding
economic and political factors and trends in India and its
surrounding region and (b) provide or procure research and
statistical data in relation to investing and other
opportunities in India and its surrounding region.  The Country
Adviser will not make any investment decisions with respect to
the Company.
3.	The Country Adviser shall, at its expense,
provide office space, office facilities and personnel reasonably
necessary for performance by it of the services to be provided
by the Country Adviser pursuant to this Agreement.
4.	The Country Adviser may contract on its own
behalf with or consult with such banks, other securities firms,
brokers or other parties without additional expense to the
Company, as it may deem appropriate regarding research and
statistical data or otherwise.
5.	In consideration of the services to be rendered
by the Country Adviser under this Agreement, the Investment
Manager shall pay the Country Adviser a monthly fee in United
States dollars on the fifth business day of each month for the
previous month at an annual rate of: 0.10% of the Fund's average
weekly net assets.  If the fee payable to the Investment Adviser
pursuant to this Section 5 begins to accrue before the end of
any month or if this Agreement terminates before the end of any
month, the fee for the period from such date to the end of such
month or from the beginning of such month to the date of
termination, as the case may be, shall be prorated according to
the proportion which such period bears to the full month in
which such effectiveness or termination occurs.
6.	The Country Adviser represents and warrants that
it will be duly registered and authorized as an investment
adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Advisers Act"), and the Country Adviser agrees to maintain
effective all requisite registrations, authorizations and
licenses, as the case may be, until termination of this
Agreement.
7.	This Agreement shall become effective on December
4, 2005 and shall remain in effect until May 3, 2006, and shall
terminate automatically on that date.  Notwithstanding the
above, this Agreement (a) may nevertheless be terminated at any
time, without penalty, by the Company's Board of Directors, by
vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding voting
securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Company or by the
Investment Manager upon 60 days' written notice delivered to
each party hereto and (b) shall automatically be terminated in
the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).  Any
such notice shall be deemed given when received by the
addressee.
8.	Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit or
restrict the right of the Country Adviser, any affiliate of the
Country Adviser or any employee of the Country Adviser to engage
in any other business or to devote time and attention to the
management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a
similar or dissimilar nature, or to render services of any kind
to any other corporation, firm, individual or association.
Nothing herein shall be construed as constituting the Country
Adviser an agent of the Investment Manager or the Company.
9.	This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
the State of New York; provided, however, that nothing herein
shall be construed as being inconsistent with the 1940 Act.
10.	Notices.  Any notice hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be delivered in person or by telex or
facsimile (followed by delivery in person) to the parties at the
addresses set forth below.


If to the Country Adviser:
Blackstone Fund Services India Private Limited
Taj President - Mumbai
Room No. 802
90, Cuffe Parade
Mumbai - 400 005
India
If to the Investment Manager:
Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.
			345 Park Avenue
			New York, New York 10154

or to such other address as to which the recipient shall have
informed the other party in writing.
Unless specifically provided elsewhere, notice given
as provided above shall be deemed to have been given, if by
personal delivery, on the day of such delivery, and, if by
facsimile and mail, on the date on which such facsimile is sent
or mailed.
11.	Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Investment Manager and the Country Adviser, please
so indicate by signing and returning to the Investment Manager
the enclosed copy hereof.

Very truly yours,

BLACKSTONE ASIA ADVISORS L.L.C.
By: /s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman
Name:  Stephen A. Schwarzman
Title:  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


ACCEPTED:

BLACKSTONE FUND SERVICES INDIA
PRIVATE LIMITED


By: /s/ Barbara F. Pires
Name:  Barbara F. Pires
Title:  Director


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<TEXT>




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of The India Fund, Inc.


In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of The India Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2005, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered
the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including
control activities for safeguarding securities, as a basis for
designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control
over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such
opinion.

The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting.
In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of controls.  A company's internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Such
internal control over financial reporting includes policies and
procedures that provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention
or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of a company's assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A control deficiency exists when the design or operation of a
control does not allow management or employees, in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or
detect misstatements on a timely basis. A significant deficiency
is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies,
that adversely affects the company's ability to initiate,
authorize, record, process or report external financial data
reliably in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles such that there is more than a remote likelihood that
a misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial
statements that is more than inconsequential will not be
prevented or detected.  A material weakness is a control
deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results
in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of
the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented
or detected.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in
internal control over financial reporting that might be
significant deficiencies or material weaknesses under standards
established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States).  However, we noted the following deficiency in
the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 2005.

Management did not maintain effective control over the process to
identify a potential tax liability in the Fund.  Specifically, as
a result of the Fund's failure to declare its spillback
distribution of accumulated income and realized gains for its
2004 calendar year prior to filing its 2004 Federal income tax
return on or before September 15, 2005, the Fund did not meet the
requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code to
be considered a regulated investment company for the 2004
calendar year.  This control deficiency resulted in an adjustment
to the Fund's 2005 financial statements.  Additionally, this
control deficiency could have resulted in a misstatement to tax
expense and tax liability that would have resulted in a material
misstatement of financial statements that would not have been be
prevented or detected.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Directors of The India Fund, Inc. and
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be
and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
February 28, 2006


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